Watching the English¶
Fox, K. (2004). Watching the English: The Hidden Rules of English Behaviour.
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- British conversational register — a pronounced national preference for understatement ("not bad" for excellent; "a bit of bother" for a serious crisis), an in-group register marker.
This sourceAn ethnography of English behaviour describing an "Understatement Rule", with "not bad" used of outstanding achievement.
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“outstanding performance or achievement is '[not bad]'; an act of abominable cruelty is 'not”
- British conversational register — a pronounced national preference for understatement ("not bad" for excellent; "a bit of bother" for a serious crisis), an in-group register marker.
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